7647.20 - Teaching of English as a Foreign Language and Practicum

7647.20

Teaching of English as a Foreign Language and Practicum

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Modules 1 & 2

To enable students to design teaching approaches, activity design for the language skills and teaching grammar in context. To give an overview of and apply the major approaches of literary criticism in literary analysis. Preparation and fulfillment of the practicum as per the requirements.

Teaching /Assessment of the four skills & grammar in the teaching of English as a foreign language. Listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar in language learning. Literary criticism and literary analysis. Approaches to literary criticism. Tools of literary analysis.

Blended learning  Lectures by course leader.  Individual/pair/group work  Observation of teaching – individuals/ pairs projects.  Practicum.

On completion of the course, learners should be able to: • design language activities to teach the four skills & grammar in context. • design skill-based activities based on literary texts and literary criticism. • design language learning activities, use them in the practicum and evaluate its efficacy in the classroom.

An individual oral presentation of a classroom activity based on a literary text using teaching approaches to two language skills.

External

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Extracts from current & relevant textbooks + Current & relevant research articles uploaded in Moodle Course module folder.

Kalpana Vijayavarathan-R